Web Literacy checklist

Alan November's Web Literacy site:

http://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy-resources/

including answers to:
  • What clues in a Web address might indicate you are on a personal Web site?

  • How would you conduct a search for the following: a list of Web sites of all the academic institutions in South Africa? (Hint: South Africa’s country code is .za)

  • How do you find the history of any given Web site?

  • How would you conduct a search for the following: US higher education Web sites that contain the word turtle?

  • How do sites get to the top of a result list in Google?



Use the information and links below to learn about web literacy.

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This search request looks for a search phrase on a .gov type domains.


Understand a URL so you can read it for domain name and truncate for further information

http://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/

  • The video on right shows how the URL can be truncated back to the research section and then the main archives.gov page.



More about URL, Host, and Domain Search Comands

http://www.altavista.com/help/search/help_news


A list of common domain types: http://www.altavista.com/web/domains


Web Literacy Q and A- use this link to post a question or share an idea or resource.

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